RAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA·
Forterra Concrete Products, Inc.
Struck by suspended or swinging objects n.e.c. · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Forterra Concrete Products, Inc., 1601 Culvert Street, RAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA 57701 on , Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s).
Final narrative
An employee was guiding a forklift operator who was placing a 48-inch form jacket (open cylinder) over a core (solid, stationary cylinder). The employee was positioned on the ground adjacent to the core. As the suspended jacket was positioned over the core, a gust of wind caused the jacket to move. The employee reached to steady it and the jacket moved downward pinching his left little finger between the jacket and the core and resulting in a fingertip amputation.
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